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Bring On The Trumpets

// January 31st, 2009 // 10 Comments » // Blog

Something to remind us of the simple pleasures.

What The BBC Don’t Want You To See

// January 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog

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Hat-tip to Media Guy

Science & Islam on BBC4

// December 31st, 2008 // 10 Comments » // Blog

The first episode of a new three-part documentary on Science and Islam comes out next Monday, 5th January 2009, on BBC4, at 9pm (if you miss it, catch it on BBC iPlayer):

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries.

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Kubrick with Robots

// August 2nd, 2008 // 5 Comments » // Blog

Future Muslim TV Shows

// July 26th, 2008 // 11 Comments » // Blog

This week I came across several TV-related ads whilst scrolling through the Londonistan Islamic Events and Notices e-mail:

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Nisaa Podcast: Interview with Dawn Bates of “Make Me a Muslim”

// February 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

Remember that show?

I talked about it quite a bit on MuslimMatters.

Well, to top it all off, I managed to wangle an interview with one of the “mentors”, Sr. Dawn Bates. She’s a really nice gal, masha’Allah.

Check it out at Nisaa.ca.

Fast Cars, Chaste Women

// December 25th, 2007 // 21 Comments » // Blog

I have found a new love.

And its name… is Top Gear.

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Review of Part III of Make Me A Muslim

// December 21st, 2007 // No Comments » // Blog

I have posted my final review! No idea why it took so long… i think i found it difficult to actually come to a solid conclusion on the show. Anyway, please head over and check it out – especially the last paragraph concerning a debate that is taking place online about how TV should deal with Muslim issues:

Review of Episode 3: With trembling fingers and bated breath, I clumsily fumbled with the remote control, in my haste to find the channel that would deliver the nail-biting conclusion of the reality TV saga that has been, Make Me A Muslim.

Okay, so I wasn’t that desperate to catch the last episode, but like a great number of other British Muslims, I was certainly more than a little curious to see how our seven intrepid explorers fared, after three “gruelling” weeks of intense Islam-awareness training. And the verdict is…

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Review of Part II of Make Me A Muslim

// December 18th, 2007 // No Comments » // Blog

Sorry if i confused anyone with the link i posted yesterday – i messed up on the MM blog a bit. I have created a new entry that contains reviews for both part one and two of Make Me A Muslim:

Review of Episode 2: After my negative perception of yesterday’s episode, I wasn’t actually planning to review the series “Make Me A Muslim”, any further, as I frankly expected more of the same. And to be perfectly honest… I was completely wrong to do so.

Maybe it’s my mood, maybe I’ve had more time to reflect, but in my opinion, today’s episode was a vast improvement in many respects. I do believe the main reason for this was that more emphasis was placed on the spiritual nature of Islam, rather than just the rules and regulations; in fact, even Muslims forget that spirituality is at the heart of this great religion (I’ll be the first to put my hand up to being guilty of this). Thus I expect that many more viewers were able to relate to the events that took place during this installment, insha’Allah.

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Review of “Make Me A Muslim”

// December 17th, 2007 // No Comments » // Blog

This latest MuslimMatters entry follows on from the introduction I posted a few days ago:

For those who can’t be bothered to read the following review of the first episode of Make Me A Muslim (click here for my introduction to the programme), i’ll summarise it for you in two words: absolute rubbish!

Now, you see what I did there? I took an entire hour of programming, stripped away every nuance and detail, and decided to only concentrate on the most negative aspect, all for the purpose of causing a reaction in the reading audience. That, my friends, is the true summary of this show.

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